METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING VEHICLE REPAIR INFORMATION TO A BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS RENTAL VEHICLE RESERVATION MANAGEMENT COMPUTER SYSTEM - Patent 2070026

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EP 2 070 026 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	04.12.2008

(43)	Date of publication:
	17.06.2009 Bulletin 2009/25

(21)	Application number: 07843928.8

(22)	Date of filing: 05.10.2007

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06Q 10/00^(2006.01)

G06Q 30/00^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2007/080607

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2008/045801 (17.04.2008 Gazette 2008/16)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR MK RS

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Priority:

06.10.2006 US 828540 P

(71)	Applicant: The Crawford Group, Inc.
	St. Louis, MO 63105 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	SMITH, David Gary Wildwood, MO 63040 (US) MILLER, Owen R. Wildwood, MO 63011 (US) KLOPFENSTEIN, Anita K. O'Fallon, IL 62269 (US) DITTMAR, Russell E. St. Charles, MO 63303 (US) KELLY, Doug Placentia, CA 92870 (US) HASTINGS, Michael Anthony Ranchos Palos Verdes, CA 90275 (US) PHAM, Carmela Huntington Beach, CA 92646 (US) BICKETT, Erick Yorba Linda, CA 92886 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hackney, Nigel John et al
	Mewburn Ellis LLP 33 Gutter Lane London EC2V 8AS London EC2V 8AS (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING VEHICLE REPAIR INFORMATION TO A BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS RENTAL VEHICLE RESERVATION MANAGEMENT COMPUTER SYSTEM